Christmas

I am not really a Christmas guy. I never really was and probably never will be. Having worked in retail the past couple of years has siphoned out almost all of my limited supply of yuletide spirit. When asked what my favorite Christmas movie is, I usually answer "Die Hard", "Gremlins" or "Heroic Trio 2." They take place on Christmas so they count...right? Or maybe "Santa's Slay"The movie is very cheezy but there is something about the concept that Santa is really a vile murderous demon that due to losing a wager was forced to be nice for 1000 years. But now Santa has finished his sentance and can return to his evil ways and start spreading some "yuletide fear."

There are actually a ton of evil Santa movies but this one is the best. It stars Bill Goldberg as Santa and has several cameos by actor's like James Caan, Fran Drescher, Chris Kattan, and Dave Thomas. If you Like Horror or Dark Comedy or maybe were a huge WCW fan, I ssuggestyou check out this movie.

Most people like the Jim Carrey Grinch movie, but don't care for it.  I will admit that Carrey's makeup is incredible but the movie takes to many liberties from the book and is way too long.   Jim Carrey is a phenomenal physical comedian. If they needed fill out the movie they could have just had Jim Carrey do some slapstick comedy bits while he robed  the Who's of the Holiday cheer. Instead the filmmaker's pad the movie with an unnecessary back story of how the Grinch became a Grinch.  Not only do I not care for added material, most of it seems like a ripoff of Dicken's "A Christmas Carol." If I want to watch Ebenezer Scrooge, there are hundreds of version of a Christmas Carol to choose from...I don't need bogging down the runtime of the Grinch.

While I hate to sound like a Grinch myself, I am also not a big fan of Christmas music.  Having to listen to hours on end, I have grown to dislike most of it.  A lot of it is really awful but are a few songs that get the Shawn Seal of approval. And here are a couple: 

Santa Dog is considered to be official beginning of the Residents musical career.  It is at least the first song the band released.  They have rerecorded it several times.  The version below is one of my favorites.  The Residents are always evolving and changing their musical style.  This was one of my favorite incarnations of there music.  Even though this version of Santa Dog is lacking the lyrics I love how powerful and somber it sounds.